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  • CRICKET: Local round-up (September 2) Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 9:08AMGORING Cricket Club need just 10 points from their final match of the season on Saturday to seal promotion into Division 2 of the Sussex League. (01/09/2010 14:27:58)
  • Elebrate good times, come on! Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 2:48AMGunda the Asian elephant will soon celebrate her 60th birthday. To honor the female pachyderm's longevity, the Tulsa Zoo is throwing an Elebration on Saturday and Sunday.
  • Jeremy Guscott's Premiership preview Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 1:27AMWho does the English rugby union legend expect to shine?
  • When Do Sustainabilty Advocates Become Eco-Nazis? Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 8:12PMOur favorite morsel from the blogs. It's clear that Elizabeth Snyder didn't mean to paint a picture of the culture at Bon Appétit Management ― the nationally famous Palo Alto-based foodse...
  • Culture Club: Reading and Leeds Festival, featuring Guns N' Roses, Arcade Fire, The Libertines and Dizzee Rascal Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 6:22PM"It was a pretty lame line-up; Queens of the Stone Age were awesome and I can't imagine Guns N' Roses enjoyed coming on after that; they had no hope of beating it. Queens of the Stone Age should have been given the headline slot."
  • Thirsty Merc ‘stoked to be back' Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 7:15PMFITTING the Gympie Muster in between back-to-back Australian tours was no sweat for hardworking rock band Thirsty Merc, who said they were “stoked” to be invited back to play at this year's music festival.
  • Coastal Black Sea: An unspoiled corner of Russia Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 11:22AMAs a frequent traveler, I’ve always longed to arrive at a place, set down my bag, let out a sigh and think “This is it, the place I will stay for a good long time, maybe even forever.”
  • Oh, what WILL I do without those grumpy old men? (And their broom wielding battleaxes) Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 2:25AMIts record life span - 31 series spread over 37 years - was, in itself, enough to make Last Of The Summer Wine seem as indestructible as the limestone landscape in which it was filmed.
  • Forum tackles Santa Barbara's homeless issues Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 12:43PMAs Santa Barbara grapples with a rise in homeless deaths and increased panhandling, activists, business owners and officials gathered Wednesday night for a meeting aimed at addressing problems near the Casa Esperanza homeless shelter.
  • Cycling: The World's largest cross country race Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 1:43AMThe cross country biking race Birkebeinerrittet, said to be the largest such race the world is held in central Norway this weekend. This year nearly 20,000 participants were registered.
  • Family tributes to 'loving' spy son Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 3:35PMThe family of murdered British spy Gareth Williams have paid tribute to a "generous, loving son, brother, and friend" as police continued to investigate whether the GCHQ codes expert lived a secret double life. Related Stories Homosexuality ends Tory's marriage Workers rejoice at Corus plant sale Pop fans brave Reading Festival mud BBC 'will lose established stars' Racing tipster evicted from show
  • Indra Adnan: Civil Society is the battleground for New Politics in the UK Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 8:53AMIt's a puzzling time for politics in the UK. All the familiar fault lines have fractured to create new patterns of connection between old enemies,...
  • Reading Festival Bosses Call In Flood Experts To Save The Site Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 2:11AMThe organisers of this weekend's (28-29Aug10) Reading Festival in England have recruited a team of flood experts to make sure heavy rain doesn't turn the site into a...
  • 36 Hours in Sonoma County Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 11:46PMA visitor takes a look at a sculpture at Capture Fine Art Gallery, in Healdsburg, Calif. More Photos »
  • Invented sin Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 1:17PMJesus told a short parable about someone trying to pick a sliver out of someone else's eye with a whole tree trunk in their own (Luke 6:41-42). The story still applies.[...]
  • 36 Hours in Sonoma County Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 3:24AMLow-key Sonoma County combines a freethinking tradition with upscale shops, galleries and Old World restaurants.
  • Robert Pattinson Almost Killed by Elephant! Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 8:41AMROBERT Pattinson almost died while shooting his new movie Water For Elephants! According to a new report in American tabloid the National Enquirer, the hunky British actor — who stars opposite Reese Witherspoon in the film — came close to getting squashed by a 9,000-pound elephant named Rosie. Rosie apparently tossed Rob off her back — and [...]
  • California Tours’ Ladies’ Getaway Blends Spa Pampering with Wine Country and San Francisco Sights Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 2:01AMLadies–grab your best friends for this fun spa vacation! New from California Tours, this trip presents the best of the wine country and San Francisco, including a full-service visit to world-renowned Solage Calistoga Resort and Spa Solage, private winery tours and tastings throughout Napa and Sonoma Valleys, and a private tour of San Francisco.
  • Big birthday for big baby Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 5:19PMWhat a year it's been for baby Zuri -- first steps, first teeth, first solid foods. And don't forget her first "trumpet," an extremely elephant-ish thing to do. read more
  • Experts say benefits of salt room therapy shaky Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 8:02AMLOS ANGELES — Heidi Kling is reading in an all-white room. She’s shoeless, but socks protect her feet from the 6 inches of salt that cake the floor. The only objects in the windowless room are four chaises and hand-molded plaster icicles that hang from the ceiling. If there were a Yeti in the room, you would swear you were on the Matterhorn at Disneyland. Normally, at 1 o’clock on a Tuesday ...
  • Bayreuth: Composer Wagner would be proud of his town’s many attractions Monday, August 23, 2010 @ 2:08PMGerman composer Richard Wagner once declared: "Come to Bayreuth for my awesome operas, the most excellent Opera House, the totally cool Hermitage grounds, the hip New Palace and then chill at the Lohengrin Thermal Spa."
  • V Festival 2010 – the music reigns Monday, August 23, 2010 @ 7:27AMMonday 23rd August 2010, 11:30AM BST. There was mud, sweat and beers but as always, the V Festival was all about the music. Weston Park saw sunshine and heavy rain over the two-day extravaganza.
  • Fans watch cars collide during the Stoney Roberts Demolition Derby Sunday at the Steuben County Fair in Bath. Sunday, August 22, 2010 @ 11:50PMBath, N.Y. — Like many hobbies, demolition derby is passed on from generation to generation. Several generations of fans packed the Steuben County Fair to watch the final heats of the Stoney Roberts Demolition Derby, the closing event of the fair.
  • Day in the Life: Hooked from the first bark Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 8:53PMMONMOUTH — Cris McNall always wanted to work with animals. She went to school to become a surgical technician, assuming she would assist with veterinary procedures.
  • Greek Revival home crowns 'spectacular' midcountry estate Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 2:06PMHobby Horse Farm, the Benjamin Reynolds House, is an elegant 1840 Greenwich manor home in the Greek Revival style. Set on 4.75 acres in mid-country, the estate boasts old stone walls, a lake, open fields, perennial gardens, a pool and a paddock.
  • Dog owners bite back Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 9:27AMDianne Gotto is on a mission to have North Saanich's Cy Hampson Park designated an off-leash area.
  • West Side Neighborhood Watch Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 7:48AMWEST AKRON: Burglaries occurred at the following locations: the 700 block of Noble Avenue Aug. 1-9; a South Hawkins Avenue church Aug. 8-9; the 1000 block of Karen Drive Aug. 8-10; the 500 block of West Exchange Street Aug. 8-10; the 400 block of South Sunset View Drive Aug. 9-10; the 800 block of Mark Drive Aug. 9-12; the 900 block of Hartford Avenue Aug. 10; the 1700 block of Saddlewood Avenue ...
  • Horse safe after being dug out of muddy ditch on Ebey Island Wednesday, August 18, 2010 @ 10:33PMEBEY ISLAND -- When Red went missing, his caretaker thought he might just be frolicking in the wrong pasture. But the 9-year-old Arabian gelding was underground, hidden in a 10-foot drainage ditch.
  • Apple Vacations Announces Nonstop Charter to Costa Rica From Chicago Wednesday, August 18, 2010 @ 7:21PMApple Vacations announces new exclusive vacation flights to Costa Rica from Chicago's O'Hare Airport on USA3000 Airlines. Â Nonstop flights to Liberia depart Fri. mornings with a Fri. night return, operating Jan. 14 - April 22, 2011.
  • Kanye West and Justin Bieber's lovefest Wednesday, August 18, 2010 @ 1:04PMKanye West, above, and Justin Bieber are Twitter buddies. How sweet. ( Jack Plunkett )
  • House hunting in Farwell: Log home with land, with three options Wednesday, August 18, 2010 @ 11:30AMEditor's note: Welcome to House Hunting, a Friday feature inthe Daily News. On this page every week, we will take you on atour, inside and outside, of an area house for sale. And we promisethese won't be ordinary houses. In addition to lots of photos and awritten description of each house, our house-hunting team, KevinPrior, marketing director for the Daily News, and Lori Qualls,Accent editor of ...
  • Flagstaff Flood Waters Could Harbor Disease Wednesday, August 18, 2010 @ 12:38AMFlood waters that are ravaging Flagstaff are filled with e. coli and other dangerous bacteria that could make things even worse for people trying to protect their homes.
  • Homes for Roma families begin to transform disadvantaged community Tuesday, August 17, 2010 @ 7:04AMWorld Vision Middle East/Eastern Europe/ Central Asia office New homes for eight Roma families in Cumpana commune, in Romania’s Constanta County, have not only changed their lives but have also positively impacted the whole community. One year ago, a Romanian Community-Based Organisation (CBO) won its first European Union grant in partnership with a local council and city hall to build eight ...
  • Farmhouse reproduction with guest cottage, barn and workshop in Franklin Monday, August 16, 2010 @ 8:59PMSet far back from the road along a private drive in Hunterdon County’s Franklin Township is a compound offering a 1800s farmhouse replica, a two bedroom guest house, a two-story barn and a heated workshop building.
  • Reportlinker Adds US Cabinets Market Monday, August 16, 2010 @ 8:56AMReportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue:
  • Good Sports: Spring Lake Couple Helps Save Wayward Thoroughbred Saturday, August 14, 2010 @ 11:14PMSport owes Justin McCloud a steak. A 12-ounce sirloin steak, to be precise, straight off the grill, and with a little A-1 sauce on the side.
  • Where did the Mighty Murray go? Friday, August 13, 2010 @ 9:31PMThe Murray-Darling Basin is being flooded with election promises, but as usual, the river and its people are left high and dry.
  • Developers show off progress of Welch Pool upgrades Friday, August 13, 2010 @ 12:25AMFrom passers-by along Westerly Parkway, it looks like little more than piles of earth. But things
  • Heavy rainfall damages homes near New Kensington Thursday, August 12, 2010 @ 10:47PMA decorative stone in front of Shirley Plasynski's home in Plum says an hour spent in the garden can put all of life's problems in perspective.
  • Memorable Vacations (Diane Armstrong) Wednesday, August 11, 2010 @ 11:28PMThe summer is at the halfway point. You've had the traditional family camping trip or a visit to some far away city or town to see grandma. You feel unfulfilled, still longing for something different, something with some pizzazz.
  • Bids sought on new public boat launch on Androscoggin River Wednesday, August 11, 2010 @ 11:17PMMEXICO — Come November there won't be any need to wade through knee-deep mud to launch boats into the Androscoggin River via its Swift River confluence.
  • Night at beach for doctor who lost way Wednesday, August 11, 2010 @ 9:02PMKUALA PENYU: A young doctor who got separated from his friends and lost his way in the jungle at Pulau Tiga, near here, on Saturday had to spend a night alone at a beach. Wong Cho Kee, 24, who went to the island with three friends, had decided to return to their lodge on his own [...]
  • Home honors Hapgood traditions, with modern provisions Wednesday, August 11, 2010 @ 12:05AMHerbert Hapgood, a developer, was solicited in 1908 to head up a new development that was to be a retreat from the polluted, busy New York City life.
  • BP kicks off $20bn spill compensation fund Tuesday, August 10, 2010 @ 4:40AMBusinessGreen.com Staff, BusinessGreen , Tuesday 10 August 2010 at 10:39:00 Company makes first payment to independent fund ahead of schedule BP has made its first deposit in its $20bn compensation fund, paying $3bn into an independently managed escrow account that is designed to distribute funds to those fishermen, tourist firms and other businesses that have suffered losses as a result of the ...
  • Does Fido need a facial? There's a place for that Tuesday, August 10, 2010 @ 3:01AMDan Barton did not have to go far from his previous job at Gold's Gym in Palm Desert to open his new business, Hollywood Premier Pets, just a few steps away.
  • Salt-room therapy gains in popularity - Tue, 10 Aug 2010 PST Tuesday, August 10, 2010 @ 2:11AMLOS ANGELES – Heidi Kling is reading in an all-white room. She’s shoeless, but socks protect her feet from the 6 inches of salt that cake the floor. The only objects in the windowless room are four chaises and hand-molded plaster icicles that hang from the ceiling. If there were a Yeti in the room, you would swear you were on the Matterhorn at Disneyland. Normally, at 1 o’clock on a Tuesday ...
  • Salt room therapy on shifty ground Monday, August 9, 2010 @ 9:07PMHalotherapy is an alternative therapy for chronic respiratory and skin problems that is modeled after the salt caves and spas that originated more than 200 years ago.
  • US midday: Positive start to August Monday, August 2, 2010 @ 11:46AMLONDON (SHARECAST) - Positive manufacturing data has pushed the Dow sharply higher with the positive momentum continuing throughout the morning. The Institute for Supply Management’s manufacturing index dropped from 56.2 to 55.5 in July. That was still better than expected.
  • In Windsor, little ships a labor of love Sunday, August 1, 2010 @ 11:43PMWINDSOR -- Roger Anttila's love of the sea has turned into a leisure-time occupation.
  • Barataria Bay 'devastation' Sunday, August 1, 2010 @ 6:20AMGRAND ISLE — The oysters in Barataria Bay are dead.